Jay-Z

Mos Def Vs Jay-Z - The Battle Of New Orleans - December 31st, 2009

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The Battle of All Battles…A real hip-hop battle of all the elements of the genre. Battle of the Beats: Kanye Vs. Swizz Mos Def (The Ungerground King, team captain), Jay Electronica, Nas, MF Doom, & Black Thought Vs. Jay-z (The Unquestioned King, team captain),? ,? , ?, ?

Published 23 hours ago

50 Cent On XXL Cover

source: oghiphop.com

Mmh, It’s gonna be interesting to see who made it to the 100 best Hip Hop websites…Similar Posts: Video: 50 Cent And Beanie Sigel On Power99Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Jay-Z To Release Albums In December50 Cent Promises to Reinvent the Hip-hop Wheel on New Album Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: Mmh, It’s gonna be interesting to see who made it to the 100 best Hip Hop websites…Similar Posts: Video: 50 Cent And Beanie Sigel On Power99 Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Jay-Z To Release Albums In December 50 Cent Promises to Reinvent the Hip-hop Wheel on New Album Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share:

Published 23 hours ago

Nas Speaks on the Def Jam Records President Job Offering

source: urbanmogullife.com

“Def Jam is the dopest label in hip-hop, in the culture of hip-hop,” he told XXL Mag. “There really would be no hip-hop as we know it today if it wasn’t for Def Jam. But you don’t get that respect without also being the label that single-handedly destroyed hip-hop… Every time you think of what’s...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Born To Use Mics

source: urbanmogullife.com

From the moment then nineteen-year-old Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording tracks for his debut album the hip-hop world was forever changed. Released in 1994, Illmatic, was hailed as a masterpiece and is one of the most influentialalbums in hip-hop history. In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eri...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Rick Ross On Nas As Def Jam President, "I Want Rap N*ggas To Takeover Everything" [Video]

source: SOHH

Three years ago, Jay-Z signed an incentive-based contract to take over the storied hip-hop label, and in 2006, he returned from "retirement" to put out a new album, Kingdom Come. The project was met with mixed reviews but was best known for the controversies that surrounded it. Several art...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Readers’ Rock List: New York Songs

source: Rolling Stone

Photo: Winter/Getty With Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ New York anthem “Empire State of Mind” blasting over stereos worldwide, we asked our readers to tell us what track puts them in a New York groove. Jigga, Nas, the Beastie Boys and some other Gotham natives came close, but in the end it was Long I...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Some Jay-Z to Lighten Your Day

source: colincs (WordPress)

I recently re-discovered this song in my library and have been re-obsessed with it along with the entire album, The Blueprint 2 (1&3 too) since.  The beat is EPIC with a pretty nice Nas dis as well.  Shut your eyes and mouth, and open your ears because they are about to melt off your head.

Published Sun, Nov 8

Which Rapper Would You... Pt. 1

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2. Punch in the face? Nas 3. Give a hug to? Jean Grae 4. Have a rapping lesson from? Pharoahe Monch 5. Match them up with any other rapper of your choice? Aesop Rock & Jay Electronica 6. Advise to stop rapping? Jay Z 7. Invite to a dinner party? Sean Price

Published Sun, Nov 8